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Clinical and epidemiological research
Comparative effectiveness of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in combination with either methotrexate or leflunomide

A Strangfeld, F Hierse, J Kekow, U von Hinueber, H-P Tony, R Dockhorn, J Listing, and A Zink
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1856 -1862; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.098467 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Disparities in rheumatoid arthritis disease activity according to gross domestic product in 25 countries in the QUEST–RA database

T Sokka, H Kautiainen, T Pincus, S Toloza, G da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, J Lazovskis, M L Hetland, T Peets, K Immonen, J F Maillefert, A A Drosos, R Alten, C Pohl, B Rojkovich, B Bresnihan, P Minnock, M Cazzato, S Bombardieri, S Rexhepi, M Rexhepi, D Andersone, S Stropuviene, M Huisman, S Sierakowski, D Karateev, V Skakic, A Naranjo, E Baecklund, D Henrohn, F Gogus, H Badsha, A Mofti, P Taylor, C McClinton, and Y Yazici
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1666 -1672; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2009.109983 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Hyperalgesia, synovitis and multiple biomarkers of inflammation are suppressed by interleukin 1 inhibition in a novel animal model of gouty arthritis

R Torres, L Macdonald, S D Croll, J Reinhardt, A Dore, S Stevens, D M Hylton, J S Rudge, R Liu-Bryan, R A Terkeltaub, G D Yancopoulos, and A J Murphy
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1602 -1608; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2009.109355 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Rheumatoid arthritis versus diabetes as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study, the CARRÉ Investigation

V P van Halm, M J L Peters, A E Voskuyl, M Boers, W F Lems, M Visser, C D A Stehouwer, A M W Spijkerman, J M Dekker, G Nijpels, R J Heine, L M Bouter, Y M Smulders, B A C Dijkmans, and M T Nurmohamed
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1395 -1400; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.094151 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Increasing the infliximab dose in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a randomised, double blind study failed to confirm its efficacy

K Pavelka, K Jarosová, D Suchy, L Senolt, K Chroust, L Dusek, and J Vencovsky
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1285 -1289; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.090860 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Recommendation
Multinational evidence-based recommendations for the use of methotrexate in rheumatic disorders with a focus on rheumatoid arthritis: integrating systematic literature research and expert opinion of a broad international panel of rheumatologists in the 3E Initiative

K Visser, W Katchamart, E Loza, J A Martinez-Lopez, C Salliot, J Trudeau, C Bombardier, L Carmona, D van der Heijde, J W J Bijlsma, D T Boumpas, H Canhao, C J Edwards, V Hamuryudan, T K Kvien, B F Leeb, E M Martín-Mola, H Mielants, U Müller-Ladner, G Murphy, M Østergaard, I A Pereira, C Ramos-Remus, G Valentini, J Zochling, and M Dougados
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1086 -1093; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.094474 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection

M Rudwaleit, D van der Heijde, R Landewé, J Listing, N Akkoc, J Brandt, J Braun, C T Chou, E Collantes-Estevez, M Dougados, F Huang, J Gu, M A Khan, Y Kirazli, W P Maksymowych, H Mielants, I J Sørensen, S Ozgocmen, E Roussou, R Valle-Oñate, U Weber, J Wei, and J Sieper
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 777 -783; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2009.108233 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews
A systematic review of ultrasonography in osteoarthritis

H I Keen, R J Wakefield, and P G Conaghan
Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 611-619. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ web only appendix ]  

Editorials
Dyslipidaemia, statins and rheumatoid arthritis

Michael T Nurmohamed and Ben A C Dijkmans
Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 453-455. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Changes in hand and generalised bone mineral density in patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis

M Güler-Yüksel, C F Allaart, Y P M Goekoop-Ruiterman, J K de Vries-Bouwstra, J H L M van Groenendael, C Mallée, M H W de Bois, F C Breedveld, B A C Dijkmans, and W F Lems
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 330 -336; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2007.086348 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]